George Kirkpatrick DENTON

(1864-1926)

DENTON, George
Kirkpatrick, (father of Winfield K. Denton), a
Representative from Indiana; born near Sebree, Webster County, Ky.,
November 17, 1864; attended the public schools and Van Horn
Institute; was graduated from the Ohio Wesleyan University at
Delaware in 1891 and from the law department of Boston (Mass.)
University in 1893; was admitted to the bar in 1893 and commenced
practice in Evansville, Ind.; served as counsel for the
Intermediate Life Insurance Co.; elected as a Democrat to the
Sixty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1917-March 3, 1919); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection in 1918 to the Sixty-sixth Congress;
resumed the practice of law in Evansville, Ind.; unsuccessful
candidate in 1924 for judge of the Indiana Supreme Court; candidate
for the Democratic nomination for United States Senator in 1926,
but died before the primary election; died in Evansville, Ind.,
January 4, 1926; interment in Oak Hill Cemetery.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present